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Naked Shadows (CD)
Album opener 'Osceola', with its ghostly whispers and harmonies, finger picked and slide guitar, is a perfect slice of psyche folk/Americana pie. This was the track that influenced Ryan to crown his musical creation Fort King, the track paying homage to the Seminole Warrior who waged war against the United States in the area where Ryan grew up as a child. The psychedelic tinges continue with tracks like 'House Finch', with its echoes of late 60's pastoral folk, 'Antique Dreams' and instrumental gem 'Tanabata' with their cello arrangements shrouding the scene in an autumnal, melancholic mist similar to sounds from the band Espers. Tracks like 'Hangin' On', with its ragtime guitar and honky-tonk piano and 'Ricky's Lament' both with their backroom bar drums are prime examples of Fort King having one foot in Harvest era Neil Young and the other in the alt. country rock of Gram Parsons.
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Similar artists: MIDDLE AGING
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